Stocking.



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, H. A. TAYLOR.

sTQcKlNG. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2H| I9I5.'

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HARRY A. TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

. STOCKING.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented `certain new and useful Improvements in Stock,Jicngs, of which the following is a specificaion.

In recent years the demand of the public for high quality and perfectionin ladies undergarmen-ts has markedly increased and perhaps in noinstance has this become so pronounced as in the case of ladiesstockings.' The demand for silk stockings has' greatly increased,notwithstanding the fact that they, as heretofore made, are quiteperishable, owing to the fact that the leg portions are peculiarlyshort-lived 'because of so-called run-downs or ladders .occasioned bybroken threads. The foot'portions also are relatively perishablesincethey are not well adapted to stand the friction in wear caused by theshoe, particularly the low cut shoes now in vogue. i

Various methods have heretofore been adopted to obviate theseobjections. For eX- ample, reinforcing the toe and heel, and thesubstitution in the non-observed parts of the stocking of thread or yarnother than silk, the knitting of such stockings being a continuousprocess on the ysame well known hosiery knitting machine. Certain othereX- pedients have also been resorted to, but in them all defects of onekind or another'have developed. Perhaps the most eicient means `forovercoming the diiiiculties has been to cut a complete stocking of theproper shape from flat silk piece .goods and then after properly foldinthe same, sew the meeting edges together; ut objections developed alsoto ythis form because such goods do not have the elasticity found instockings made on a hosiery knitting machine, and it was thereforedifficult, if not impossible, to make stockings in this way which wouldhave the necessar snug `it about the ankle and yet be capa le of beingdrawn over the heel without so greatly stretching the fabric as toproduce wrinkles in the ankle and" upper f oot section and also therewas danger of pulling holes in the heel part or ripping the back seamand also the foot portion,A which takes the wear, was a t to be shortlived.

It is the purpose o this invention to pro videa high grade stocking forthe expensive trade, the observable parts of which through-Specication'of Letters Ptent. l

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application led August 28, 1915. Serial-No. 47,742.-

out the leg and foot section shall be made of handsome, lustrous silkfabric, practically non-ravelingin character, so that run-downs orladders are substantially eliminated, and the foot and heel portion ofwhich shall be made of more durablematerial embodying the desirablefeatures of a sofcalled full fashioned hose, the two parts'be'ing unitedtogether in such manner as'I to constitute a' stocking as durable as thestrongest of those now made throughout on the hosiery knitting machine,but differing therefrom widely in its characteristics. .i

In the drawings, Figure l is a blank cut v from flatsilk piece goods toform the leg and upper foot portion of the stocking; Fig. 2 is anelevation 4of a completed stocking embodying my invention, showingtheleg and upper foot section when foldedA and stitched and united withthe lfull fashioned foot portion produced by the operations of the wellknown hosiery knitting machine.

' Referring't the drawings, 1 represents a blank constituting the legand upper foot portions of the stocking'. The material I prefer to useis that made upon a so-called milanese or web machine which produces thegoods in flat'condition, said goods being generally` known as glove silkfabric. V2 is the part ofthe blank which makes the upper foot sectionshown in Fig.` 2. 3 is the under foot portion of the stocking, inthetoe, which is illustrated as reinforced, and 5 the heel, which islikewise shown' as reinforced. These two portions, i. e., the leg andupper 'foot sections 1 and 2, and the under foot, toe.

and 8, the edges of the leg portion being united by a back-seam 9.Y Iprefer, however, transferring, as it is called, the fabric of the upperfoot and heel'seams directly upon the needles of the hosiery knittingmachine and thenknitting the full fashioned foot section upon suchmachine in the usual manner, the appropriate edges being thereafterunitedby stitching'to form the sea 7 the knitted heel portion 5 and t 0portions 3-4llle'1nlte at their meeting edges at say't e line 11 in. anypre manner, preferably by looping.

The result will be that at the points. of nnion and 8 there willbe' noperceptlble leg sections at the toe andv to secure the parts together bye andunder foot ferred thickening ofv the material and yet the knittingoperation will effect a. secure union between the fabric of the-upperfoot and leg portion and the threads of the toe and heel portion.

Y of this invention.

I call particular attention to the fact thaty the two classes ofmaterialfrom which I make my new stocking are essentially different in theircharacteristics. The leg and upper foot portion, Whichare observable,

i aremade upon a milanese or web machine by theemployment of thesoeca-lled crochet lock stitch, which produces a fabric having afineness, finish and beauty not obtainable by any hosiery knittingmachine, however fine the thread or yarn may be, and gives theappearance of lustrous satin when worn upon the leg and yet possessesthe desired degree of transparency; and furthermore, such lfabricpossesses the extremely desirable .quality of being practicallynon-raveling,

so that runs and`ladders are substantially eliminated; the wear-takingfoot portion of my improved stocking, on the other hand, is knitted onan ordinary hosiery knitting machine and may be made of such thread oryarn as desired and of such wear resisting quality as preferred and isof the full fashioned variety, that is to say, it has reinforced toe andheel and fashioned or shaped to the foot by the operations of thehosiery knitting machine and has the full elasticity throughout of suchan articleso produced.

It will be noted that my improved Cstocking fills every requirement of ahigh grade stocking, that is to say, when presented to purchasers, theyfind in it not onlygall the desirable features they have beenaccustomedto and expect to find in suc goods, z'. e., full fashioned toe, heel andfkotvportions, reinforced as usual, but also an unusually handsome,highly finished upper foot and leg portion` which possesses the unusualadvantage of being practically nonraveling and which closely resembleslustrous satin in appearance, yet possesses the required amount oftransparency.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with, such matters that theunion of the leg and upper foot portion with the foot portion proper maybe effected in ways other than those specified and preferred by me,also, as indicated above, that any desired thread or yarn may be used informing the full fashioned foot section. I therefore do not limit myselfin these respects.

I claim:

1. A stocking the leg and upper foot portion of which is ycut to shapefrom at warp piece goods, and a full fashioned lower foot part made bythe chain stitch upon a hosiery knitting machine, the two parts beingunited and the back edges of the leg portion being brought together andstitched.

2. A stocking theY leg and upper foot portion of which is cut to shapefrom flat warp knitted piece goods and a full fashioned lower foot partmade by the chain stitch upon a hosiery knitting machine, the two partsbeing stitched together at the sides of the foot and interknitted at thetoe and heel, and the back edges of the leg portion being broughttogether and stitched.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

`HARRY A. TAYLOR.

